Thomas Aquinas was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, theologian, and philosopher. He is considered one of the most influential thinkers in the history of Catholic theology and Western philosophy.
Panel of a 15th-century altarpiece
Castle of Monte San Giovanni Campano
Thomas is girded by angels with a mystical belt of purity after his proof of chastity. Painting by Diego Velázquez.
The Virgin Mary with s. Paul and s. Thomas Aquinas (altarpiece portable to triptych, to tempera on wood, work by Bernardo Daddi, c. 1330). The Virgin Mary holds in her hand a text that contains the first words of the Magnificat, while Thomas, author of one of the most important medieval commentaries on the Pauline epistolary, holds one of his works in his hand.
Christian mysticism is the compendium of traditions of mysticism, mystical practices and mystical theology within Christianity which "concerns the preparation for, the consciousness of, and the effect
Russian Orthodox icon of the Transfiguration (Theophanes the Greek, c. 1408)
Mystic marriage of Christ and the Church
Life of Francis of Assisi by José Benlliure y Gil
Resurrection of Jesus, Matthias Grünewald